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brassed up

brassed up is the simple past and past participle of brass up.

Meaning of brass up

Verb

brass up (third-person singular simple present brasses up, present participle brassing up, simple past and past participle brassed up)

  1. (slang) To pay a debt or hand over money.
    • "What did he soak him? Five quid?"
      "Yes, sir."
      "And Gussie brassed up and was free?"1949, P.G. Wodehouse, The Mating Season
  2. (slang, transitive) To shell.
    • The next time I met RSM Simpson was when we were together being 'brassed up' by enemy artillery and mortar […]1982, The Listener, volume 108, page 3

Questions about brassed up

What is brassed up the simple past and past participle of?
Brassed up is the simple past and past participle of brass up.

Words near brassed up in the dictionary

  1. brasse
  2. brassed
  3. brassed it out
  4. brassed off
  5. brassed out
  6. brassed up
  7. Brassell
  8. Brasselle
  9. Brasselles
  10. Brassells
  11. brassen

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